Lisa Cheby's poem evokes the physical and emotional impact of a visit to Adelanto.

"We are constantly subjected to derogatory comments, abusive behavior towards us, and discrimination."

Over the course of 2018, FFI surveyed 2,055 people in U.S. immigration detention, who reported 1,695 abuses or issues caused or exacerbated by detention.

"All three men have some glimmers of hope and are terrified about both parole and being sent back to a country they do not know and where no one knows them."

"I know if I was returned to my country I will die in a matter of days, maybe two weeks, [without] dialysis."

Tania Romero’s case highlights the senseless cruelty of immigration detention as a default policy—and her son and his classmates are providing a model for how to respond

"While we waited behind the walls of Adelanto ... all we could do was watch all that we had go down in flames, our families scattered to live with relatives while our children asked and wondered, 'When is daddy coming home?”'

"Desperate to reunite with their loved ones, some family members fall victim to predatory bail bond companies that exploit vulnerable persons for cash."

"Our system of mass immigration detention functions as torture. It must be abolished."